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Dec 7, 1975, ten days after East Timor declares its independence from Portugal,
Indonesia invades its neighbour.  An estimated 100,000 Timorese are slaughtered
within one year.  Seven foreign journalists, including an Australian television
crew are killed.  These events are virtually unreported.

	The UN General Assembly demands a withdrawal of Indonesian 
	troops.  CANADA ABSTAINS FROM THE VOTE.

	Six months late, CANADA INCREASES AID TO INDONESIA BY
	$200 MILLION.

Since the invasion, Amnesty International and other human rights groups
document massive human rights violations, rape, forced abortions, mass
executions, and torture.  Timorese are ruthlessly bombed in the countryside
with napalm and white phosphorus.

	In both 1980 and 1982, CANADA VOTES AGAINST UN General
	Assembly resolutions calling for Indonesian withdrawal from East
	Timor.

In 1984, Indonesia begins its brutal Operation Clean Sweep in East Timor
and pledges to "crush the opposition without mercy."  Survivors from 
the obliterated countryside have long been interned and starved in work 
camps.  The Red Cross has reported tens of thousands of deaths.

	That same year, CANADA HOSTS AN ARMS BAZAAR for
	Canadian weapons manufacturers in the Indonesian capital.

	As the the death toll rises above 200,000, former External Affairs
	Minister Joe Clark says he is satisfied that human rights abuses
	have ended in East Timor.